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Update 1.6.0 - Void Arsenal & Tactical Warfare
Exclusive Rebirth Weapons Void Lance: A devastating primary weapon that fires piercing void-energy spears. Unlock with Voidstones in the Rebirth menu. Void Pulse: A secondary area-denial weapon that emits expanding void…
Announcement9 changesGameplayBalance - Asteroid Mining Empire
Update 1.5.5
Manual secondary firing is here. You can now trigger your equipped secondary weapon on demand, and there’s a new option to disable auto-fire entirely for a fully manual combat setup. This update also improves HUD perfor…
Announcement1 changePerformance - Asteroid Mining Empire
Update 1.5.3 & 1.5.4
This update includes a UI cleanup pass for Threat Intel and a full gameplay/readability pass for Ancient Relay. Threat Intel now uses a cleaner collapsible HUD tab with better sizing, clearer colors, improved interactio…
Announcement8 changesMapsUI/audio - Asteroid Mining Empire
Update 1.5.2
This release combines the 1.5.1 and 1.5.2 work into one major update for Asteroid Mining Empire, with a big focus on combat progression, UI polish, onboarding, and stability. What’s new New dedicated Weapons menu for un…
Announcement9 changesPerformanceGameplay - Asteroid Mining Empire
Update 1.5.0 – Improvements, Accessibility & Progression Overhaul
This update focuses on improving clarity, accessibility, and late-game depth, alongside a broad round of polish across the entire experience. The tutorial and guidance systems have been refined to behave more reliably a…
Announcement7 changesServerGameplay - Asteroid Mining Empire
Update 1.4.2 - Easier Crash Reporting
If Asteroid Mining Empire hits a fatal error, sending a report is now much simpler. Added a new Send Report button to the crash dialog. Crash reports can now be sent directly from the game. This should make it easier to…
Announcement3 changesPerformance - Asteroid Mining Empire
Update 1.4.1: New Drone Hulls, Better Ship Designer Browsing
Update 1.4.1 expands the drone hull lineup with more unlocks for both mining and attack drones, while also cleaning up a few rough edges around Ship Designer and UI readability. What’s new: Added a wave of new drone hul…
Announcement6 changesFixUI/audio - Asteroid Mining Empire
Update 1.4.0
This release adds a major quality-of-life upgrade for players who want more control over their progress, along with stronger save protection and a new crash reporting system to help track down issues faster. What’s New…
Announcement10 changesPerformanceGameplay - Asteroid Mining Empire
Update 1.3.0
This update includes: Fixed the intro tutorial so rebirth runs no longer restart first-run onboarding. Fixed post-tutorial drone guidance so mining drone, attack drone, and ad-drone hints do not reappear after rebirth.…
Event9 changesFixGameplay - Asteroid Mining Empire
Update 1.2.1
This patch fixes save and progression persistence between versions. Save data now uses the stable per-user save folder again. Profile, run save, and local stats now migrate out of older legacy save locations automatical…
Announcement - Asteroid Mining Empire
Update 1.2.0
Update 1.2.0 is live. This update focuses on smoother visuals, stronger drone behavior, improved customization, and clearer progression. Highlights Background planets now move more smoothly. Smuggler Run couriers use pr…
Event10 changesGameplayUI/audio - Asteroid Mining Empire
Update 1.1.1
This patch updates how the game behaves when it loses focus. The game now keeps running in the background by default. Added a new settings option: Pause On Defocus.
Announcement1 changeGameplay - Asteroid Mining Empire
Update 1.1.0
This update focuses on clearer progression, stronger combat behavior, and a cleaner sector overall. A lot of the work in this update is about making the game easier to read whilse also making the system behind it behave…
Announcement5 changesFixServer
